you may never have loved me

Qu Lingxi put the phone to her ear and clicked on it to listen.

Yan Li's familiar voice rang in his ears, "Lingxi, tomorrow is the Huaxi Festival. I'll pick you up at nine o'clock, okay?"

After listening, Qu Lingxi put the phone on her lap.He remembered this Huaxi Festival, when Yaya accidentally mentioned it when he was buying Nuo noodles in the market last time.

He had some vague guesses about Huaxi Festival, but he wasn't very sure.

Qu Lingxi didn't ask the driver, but went online to check.Sure enough, the Huaxi Festival is one of the traditional festivals of the Liang nationality.Young men and women will choose to wear a mask they like on this day, date the person they like, and swim hand in hand.

Qu Lingxi thought for a while and replied, "Let's talk about tomorrow. Are you free tonight? I have something to ask you."

Yan Li quickly sent a message: "Yes. I know an online celebrity shop where you can take pictures of Night Lake. It's very beautiful. I guess you will like it."

Qu Lingxi: "Yes."

It took a long time to eat this meal, by the time Qu Lingxi returned to the room tiredly, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.It was not the first time he had refused, but it was the first time he had offered others a chance.

It is unprecedented to give and take back.

Qu Lingxi felt a little irritable, he didn't even bother to take a bath, he lay on the bed and called Qu Ling.

Qu Ling yelled at him.

"This guy surnamed Gu must be a scumbag, not as good as the guy surnamed Yan before."

"Qu Lingxi, with all due respect. I think you're a bit of a loser. Wouldn't it be good to wait for someone to pursue you?"

"I haven't contacted you for a week, and I just met you by chance, and you are so happy? Why didn't I see before that you are the kind of person who shines when given a little sunshine?"

Qu Lingxi was extremely tired, and he said "hmmmmmmm" perfunctorily, but retorted rebelliously in his heart.

After scolding enough, Qu Ling took a rest.Qu Lingxi was able to hear his sister's slight breathing through the mobile phone, which was very gentle.

Qu Ling sighed helplessly: "Are you sure the other party didn't just tease you casually and leave after patting your ass? Maybe he doesn't want to promise you at all?"

Qu Lingxi didn't hesitate: "I'm not sure at all."

Qu Ling asked back: "Then you are still so determined?"

"I can't help it." Qu Lingxi laughed, "I've struggled too, sister. I've thought about everything you said."

"You can't imagine how much I like him. I like him so much that I almost lose myself."

"Where am I such a clumsy person? I'm just so stupid in front of him. You know? I've only known him for a week, and we've only met twice."

"But I just can't help it."

Bewitched by him, like a fool.

Qu Ling was helpless.

In fact, she and her younger brother would talk on the phone the next day, but this was the first time she heard the name Gu Shen from Qu Lingxi.

He is completely different from Yan Li. He is powerful, handsome, mysterious, and not ordinary at all.

Qu Ling still doesn't like him.Compared to Gu Shen, Yan Li, who was once disliked to death by him, can be praised as a flower by her today.

But his brother, how could she not understand.

No one can pull him back, stubborn as hell.

The next day, Qu Lingxi was woken up by a knock on the door.

He glanced at the time, it was seven in the morning, which was still early for a bed-ridden person like him.

So who will knock at the door?

His memory was still in the last night when he was scolded by Qu Ling, and he couldn't remember what happened after that.

Qu Lingxi got up, only to feel back pain, it seems that the quality of sleep yesterday was not very good.

He picked up his collar and smelled his body.Very good, it smells like the barbecue from the online celebrity shop that I ate last night. There is no scent of shower gel, only the smell of fireworks.

After coming back yesterday, he didn't even take a shower, and fell asleep wearing such smelly clothes.

Qu Lingxi disliked herself so much, she wanted to get up to take a shower, when the knock on the door became louder.

Helpless, he could only open the bedroom door.

Yima stood outside his room door, smiling and staring at him.

Qu Lingxi just woke up, dizzy, just wanted to close the door, "It's too early. Close the door and see you, Yima."

"Wait." Yima pushed the door open, a little aggrieved by his indifferent attitude, "You think I want to come to you. There is a guest outside the door looking for you, and I'm here to deliver a message."

This is not in city s, yet someone came to her door.

Qu Lingxi leaned against the door and asked lazily, "Who is it, what does it look like?"

"I don't know what it looks like." Yima shook his head, "But today is the Huaxi Festival. He came here wearing a mask. He must have wanted to go shopping with you."

Qu Lingxi became suspicious, and the suspicion was Yan Li.

He asked, "Male and female?"

Yima tilted her head: "Men. How strange, this is the Huaxi Festival, and there is a man asking you out."

Qu Lingxi didn't answer, "What else did he say?"

Yima said: "Let me think about it...he also asked you to put on your mask. I also know that. You don't show your face on Huaxi Festival."

Qu Lingxi: "Oh."

Then he slammed the door shut.

Now that he couldn't even take a shower, he casually changed into clean clothes and was about to go out with a mask in his hand.

When he reached the stairs, he stopped and put the mask on his face.

When I went downstairs, I saw a tall man wearing a mask waiting for him at the door.

It rained early this morning, but it stopped soon.It's a pity that the ground is not yet dry, and the eaves of the homestay occasionally have accumulated rainwater.

Qu Lingxi was worried that the rain would fall on the man's shoulders and wet his shirt.

Because of the festival, the guests all went outside to play, and the whole hall seemed very quiet and lonely.

When he stepped down, the other party firmly extended his hand to him.

Qu Lingxi walked down in two or three steps, remained silent for a while, and then handed him his hand.

He looked up at the man's mask, which was exactly the same as the one Yan Li sent him yesterday, an improved version of the fierce mask.

Qu Lingxi thought to himself, no wonder Liangcheng uses masks as a shortcut for men and women to communicate.It fits so well.After putting on the mask, I don't look like myself. Shyness and timidity can all be discarded, leaving only courage.

The mask gave him the courage to step forward.

The other party held him without saying a word and walked firmly.

Qu Lingxi didn't know where he was taking her, but she didn't ask any questions and just followed him.After walking in silence for less than a quarter of an hour, their footsteps stopped outside a temple.

The steps of the temple are very long, and there is an endless stream of tourists.

As a peculiar city, Liangcheng has its own national culture and religious beliefs.But they are all Buddhists, and they seem particularly devout.

This temple is very famous. Generally, tourists who come to Liangcheng will come here to offer incense sticks or long lamps to bless their wishes.It is also very close to the homestay where Qu Lingxi stayed, and it can be reached within a short walk, but Qu Lingxi is an atheist through and through, so she doesn't believe it at all.

So no matter how close he was, he didn't even think about coming here to have a look.

It was only after I came that I realized that, at least in terms of architectural appreciation, it is also worth visiting.

The incense in the temple lingers, and through the long stone steps, it wakes up Qu Lingxi's somewhat muddled mind.

He turned to face the masked man, with a teasing tone: "You brought me here? I study social relations, and I'm particularly good at Marxism."

The masked man looked at him, didn't say anything, just clenched his hand even more, and walked up the steps together.

Qu Lingxi looked at the endless steps, and murmured to himself: "How long is this, what year and month do we have to go?"

"Not long." The other party's familiar voice faintly rang in his ear, "Nine hundred and ninety-nine. I can finish it today."

Qu Lingxi snorted, "I'm finally willing to talk."

The masked man smiled: "I'm not dumb anymore."

Qu Lingxi: "I thought you were deliberately hiding who you are from me, so you refused to speak."

The masked man said: "What's the use of hiding it? You've already seen it."

Qu Lingxi was very proud, "I recognized it at the first sight."

The masked man sighed slightly, "The disguise really failed."

These words are full of laughter.

Qu Lingxi said: "So after I climb the long steps, what will happen next? I'm not particularly interested in this. I hope you will give me a sweet treat and give me something to look forward to."

The other party did not speak.

Qu Lingxi: "Why don't you speak, Gu Shen?"

Gu Shen took off his mask.

He looked at the long steps and said: "If you climb up, we will give you a sesame oil money together."

Qu Lingxi laughed, he thought it was something.

The next moment, I heard Gu Shen say very seriously: "In the name of the two of us together."

Qu Lingxi was stunned.

Although he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, Qu's mother does.One of the customs in the Central Plains is that every New Year's Eve, believers and believers will lead their wives and children to pay sesame oil money to the nearest temple early in the morning, in order to hope that the family will be safe and happy throughout the year.

Those who received sesame oil money under the common name are all very close people.

Not only relatives and lovers.

Although this is not expressly stipulated, it has become a default regulation.